Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act
Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 7, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act
This bill requires the Department of State to report to Congress on the average waiting time to get a visitor visa interview at each diplomatic or consular post. For each post where the average waiting time is longer than 300 days, the State Department must temporarily reassign personnel at that post to shorten the waiting time.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 7, 2022 to Dec 8, 2022; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Original | Oct 7, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Oct 21, 2022 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Oct 21, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Oct 21, 2022 | |
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | Dec 8, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Oct 7, 2022 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Oct 7, 2022Introduced in House
- Oct 7, 2022Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H8386H.R. 9141–9150 | — | Oct 7, 2022 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47857 | U.S. Tourism: Recent Developments and Data | Report | Oct 9, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5127 | Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act | Reintroduced Bill | Aug 1, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reduce appointment wait times for certain nonimmigrant visas known as visitor visas, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 7, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
